The Boy Travellers in Australasia Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and Feejee Islands

CHAPTER VII.

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THE FEEJEE ISLANDS: THEIR EXTENT AND POPULATION.--TERRIBLE FATALITY OF THE MEASLES.--ROTUMAH AND ITS PEOPLE.--KANDAVU AND SUVA.--VITI LEVU.--SIGHTS OF THE CAPITAL.--PRODUCTIONS AND COMMERCE OF FEEJEE.--GROWTH OF THE SUGAR TRADE.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--OBSERVATIONS AMONG THE NATIVES.--FEEJEEAN HAIR-DRESSING.--NATIVE PECULIARITIES.--CANNIBALISM: ITS EXTENT AND SUPPRESSION.--HOW THE CHIEFS WERE SUPPLIED.--A WHOLE TRIBE OF PEOPLE EATEN.--LEVUKA.--INTERVIEWS WITH MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS.--THE BOLOLO FESTIVAL.--ANCIENT CUSTOMS. 147